Paul, I want to chime in too and tell you not to mess around with this awful disease, which can spring back up and bite you again. Have the radiation! And have both sides radiated because this cancer jumps from one to the other with impunity. Yes, it is tough, but it is a small price to pay for a chance to live the rest of your life. Thousands and thousands of us have gone through it, so you can too. If you are in reasonably good health otherwise, it will be very doable. Do not dread talking to the radiology oncologists -- those people saved my life. Give them a chance to save yours too! And if you are on the fence, remember that a recurrance is a million, gazillion times worse than a few weeks of radiation. And if you still are undecided. think of someone who would miss you if you are not around, and do it for them. If I sound a little crabby, I am. I am just so darned tired of people dying from this horrible disease. Hit it with everything available, and don't wait around to do it!
Joanna, now stepping down from soapbox